Sökning: "rural typology"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden rural typology.

  1. 1. Growth and decline in rural Sweden : geographical distribution of employment and population 1960–2010

    Författare :Martin Hedlund; Linda Lundmark; Emma Lundholm; Olof Stjernström; Kjell Overvåg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rural restructuring; rural heterogeneity; manufacturing decline; agricultural decline; urbanization; rural typology; life-course perspective; cluster analysis; Sweden; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the combination of changes in the population and employment into sectors in rural Sweden for the period 1960-2010. The aim is to describe and analyze the demographic changes together with the labour market changes, and to account for the spatial outcome of these changes by considering the heterogeneity of rural areas. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Loco ubi dicitur... “La toponomastica di Vallebona e dintorni” : Un territorio di confine tra Liguria e Provenza

    Författare :Riccardo Guglielmi; Italienska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; onomastics; Italian; dialectology; Vallebona; proper names; Liguria; place name; toponymy; microtoponyms; cultural heritage; etymology; rural landscape; ethnography; language area; toponymy recording; place identity; toponymization; toponymic suffixes; diachronic and synchronic perspective; toponymic functions; toponymic competence; toponym constituent; modern and historical sources; historical-linguistic.;

    Sammanfattning : As a special part of our cultural heritage, toponyms have been handed down orally from generation to generation for centuries or more at the place where they were coined, recalling events, activities and knowledge. Especially where written documentation is relatively young, place names offer a way to reach further back into the past. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Striving against adversity. : the dynamics of migration, health and poverty in rural South Africa

    Författare :Mark A Collinson; Peter Byass; Gunnar Malmberg; Kathleen Kahn; Michael White; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; migration; temporary migration; permanent migration; refugee settlement; socioeconomic status; HIV transmission; adult mortality; child mortaality; returning to die; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

    Sammanfattning :  Background: The study is based in post-apartheid South Africa and looks at the health and well being of households in the rural northeast. Temporary migration remains important in South Africa because it functions as a mainstay for income and even survival of rural communities. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Caught Between Spaces : Socio-Environmental Vulnerability in Formal and Informal Peri-Urban Bogotá and Soacha, Colombia

    Författare :Sandra Valencia; LUCSUS; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; peri-urban area; urban-rural interface; socio-environmental change; wellbeing; vulnerability; Colombia; Bogotá; Soacha; informality; formalization; political ecology; stadsnära; periurbana områden; periurbanisering; Colombia; formalisering; informell bosättning;

    Sammanfattning : The world is rapidly urbanizing. To contribute to the understanding of the socio-environmental changes brought about by urban sprawl and densification, this thesis examines wellbeing and vulnerability in low-income peri-urban areas in and around Bogotá, Colombia. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Barriers of mistrust : public and private health care providers in Madhya Pradesh, India

    Författare :Ayesha De Costa; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Public private health care; health systems; India; scheduled castes; scheduled tribes; health policy;

    Sammanfattning : Background: In India, the foundations for a public role in the health sector were set at the time of her independence in 1947. Like other former colonies emerging from the war, India envisioned heavy state involvement in the provision of health services to all. LÄS MER